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| Alison Gregory |
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Education:
- Master of Science in Library Science, Clarion University, Clarion, Pennsylvania
- Bachelor of Arts in History, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Independent Study in History: Archival assistant for Core States Banks, Lehigh County. Created an archive for mortgage records from the Lehigh Valley during the 1930s. Included archival arrangement, description and preservation work, in addition to creating the database for the archives and doing data entry
- Independent Study in History: Lycoming College Archives. Conducted a series of oral history interviews (the first in the college’s collection) used to document the school’s transition from a junior college to a four-year liberal arts college
Honors:
- Phi Kappa Phi (National Inter-Disciplinary Honor Society)
- Beta Phi Mu (Library Science Honor Society)
- Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society)
Experience:
- Instructional Services Librarian and Coordinator of Information Literacy and Outreach, Snowden Library, Lycoming College,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 2006-
- Coordinator of Reference and Assessment, Snowden Library, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- Graduate Internship, Snowden Library, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Committees and Memberships in Professional Organizations:
- American Library Association
- Pennsylvania Library Association
- Lycoming College:
- Teaching Effectiveness Committee
- Phi Kappa Phi, Chapter Secretary
- Co-chair, Institutional Assessment Working Group for Re-accreditation
- First Year Seminar Committee
- Black History Month Committee
- Research and Information Competencies Committee, Coordinator
- “Lycoming County - Big Read 2007” Steering Committee, Lycoming Representative
- Individual Studies Committee, 2005-2006
- 2008 ACLCP Nominations & Elections Committee
Research Interests, Publications, and Presentations:
- Gregory, Alison. “The Agony & the Ecstasy: Information Literacy Collaboration Using Problem-Based Learning.” Presentation accepted for the Harrisburg Area Community College’s Information Literacy Symposium, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 14, 2009.
- Gregory, Alison. "An Eight Course Library 'Meal'." In The Library Instruction Cookbook. Ed. by Doug Cook and Ryan Sitler. Publication due February 2009.
- Gregory, Alison and Jonathan Williamson. "Problem-Based Learning in Introductory American Politics Classes." Paper accepted for presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009.
- Chandler, Cullen and Alison Gregory. "Sleeping with the Enemy: Wikipedia in the College Classroom." Article accepted for publication in The History Teacher.
- Gregory, Alison. "Sleeping with the Enemy: Wikipedia in the College Classroom." Poster session at the Susquehanna Library Cooperative's workshop "Web 2.0 Untangled: Sharing Innovations and Ideas," Lycoming College, October 31, 2009.
- Gregory, Alison and Jonathan Williamson. Presented on Problem-Based Learning. Teaching Effectiveness Luncheon, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, October 14, 2008.
- Presented with the Research and Information Competencies Committee on “Research & Information Literacy, Lycoming Style” about sample assignments to bolster RICs in the classroom. Teaching Effectiveness Luncheon, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, April 10, 2008.
- Gregory, Alison and Jane Keller. “Using Moodle with ‘W’ Courses.” Teaching Effectiveness Luncheon, October 24, 2006.
- Gregory, Alison. “History of the Barbours Methodist Dream: 1938-1978.” The Chronicle: Journal of the Historical Society of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church 8 (Spring 1997): 31-41.
- Gregory, Alison. “A Brief History: The Great Transition, 1947-1949.” Lycoming College Magazine 13, no. 3 (Summer 1998): 8-11.
- Continuing research interests: collaborative assignment design, constructivism/active learning, “library anxiety,” and the role of women in the growth of higher education.
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